Tag: "nutritional" at medical news

...ortant implications for the design of preventative nutritional strategies aimed at delaying cognitive decline in the elderly. In an accompanying editorial, Smith discusses findings in previous studies that both vascular dementia and Alzheimer disease are associated with high levels of tHcy, which may have a neur...

...ts treatments are at high risk for weight loss and nutritional deficits that can compromise their overall treatme...er. Thus, finding ways to prevent weight loss and nutritional deficits is critical to helping patients respond more effectively to treatments and even live longer...

...ational Center for Health Statistics, with Cornell nutritional sciences Professor Christine Olson and Associate Professor Edward Frongillo. One study looks at how hunger is linked to depression and suicide attempts among adolescents. The other links hunger with the cognitive, academic and psychosocial developmen...

...he FDA gave its approval for manufacturers to make nutritional content claims for foods and dietary supplements fortified with choline. It should be noted that since choline is in virtually all foods, it is difficult for the average person to become deficient in choline. However, in a society where many people ...

...rer and in other products sold on bodybuilding and nutritional supplement Internet sites. An accompanying editorial points out the need for regulation of dietary supplements, assurances of product safety, and ongoing monitoring and enforcement of safety standards....

...e field, longer shelf life in the store, or better nutritional content. But how do such foods affect our health, the environment, our view of nature? Can GM foods help relieve food scarcity in developing countries or might they, instead, cause economic hardships that make matters worse? Who should make decisions...

...ew prosperity may also be at an increased risk for nutritional problems related to chronic disease. This study is consistent with other smaller studies which link chronic diseases to dietary patterns that prevail before and change only marginally during puberty. "We hope increased understanding in the dietary ...

...ger, an economist and senior research associate in nutritional sciences, who has written widely on issues of economic reform and poverty in Africa. "Despite significant policy reforms in many sub-Saharan African countries, the achievements on growth and poverty reduction have been disappointing even in political...

...ly through urine, Massey said. The compound has no nutritional value, but binds to calcium to form a mass (kidney stones) that can block the urinary system, she said. Further research is needed to find types of soybeans with less oxalate, or to develop a processing method to remove the compound before it reaches...

...es to soy-based drinks. More than refreshing, such nutritional beverages often deliver antioxidants and other compounds that fight cancer, lower cholesterol and help keep heart disease at bay. While some scientists uncover health-boosting compounds in fruits and plants, others try to improve the flavor and arom...

...ation have not traditionally included questions on nutritional status, despite the importance of nutritional assessment and intervention in this age group. Jensen et al. compared the effectiveness of two scre...

...d by other treatable problems, such as infections, nutritional deficiencies and medication side effects. Current questionnaires for detecting dementia are lengthy and time-consuming to administer, making it difficult for busy family doctors. Chumbler suggests that creating a shorter screening tool -- such as t...

...safe products. Therefore, her research is based on nutritional metabolic pathways in specific insects. The compou...ly resulted in a new classification of pesticides, nutritional metabolism disrupters (NMDs). They are a class of pesticide based on the physiology of the insect. A...

...search Center. Besides recording physiological and nutritional data, scientists had patients complete five detailed questionnaires designed to measure how much depression, anxiety and fatigue they felt. "We found that in many of our patients, more fatigue corresponded with people having fewer CD4 cells, lower ...

...d cavities there is relatively poor structural and nutritional support. The transplanted cells do not grow as well as they do in the more fertile subventricular regions which have supportive factors that help the cells grow," says Gupta. "We've demonstrated that transplanted stem cells can survive, multiply a...

...of the mineral affects humans in the same way. "If nutritional experiments that we are currently conducting show the selenium in beef to have similar biological properties to other forms of selenium, then beef produced in these (high selenium) areas could conceivably be marketed as a specialty product, thus enha...

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